The FAO is just concluding e-Agriculture Week in Rome. A week-long dialogue focusing on the use of information, communication, and associated technologies in sustainable agricultural development and food security. “e-Agriculture” is an emerging field comprising the enhancement of agriculture and rural development through improved information exchange, communication and learning processes, based on the use of internet and other digital technologies …
Podcast and New Media Expo
If you’re going to be a new media creator then the third annual Podcast & New Media Expo is the place to be. That’s where I’m headed today. I’ll bet there won’t be too many agriblogging farm podcasters there. Actually I hope there are and that I run into them. This is professional improvement for today’s media pro. That’s why …
Farmer’s Rap By Capital Press
I am looking around on the web in preparation for the Ag Media Summit next week and finding some interesting stuff. Like a farmers rap in an episode of the Capital Press Agriculture Podcast (CAP). I’ve pointed you to it before. This is just too funny and good to not mention it again. In this episode you’ll hear “Capital Press …
Downloadable Media Organization Formed
Here’s some evidence to show how serious podcasting is becoming. It’s a new group that’s just being formed to address standards with downloadable media like podcasts. It’s the Association for Downloadable Media. The initial mission statement is: To provide leadership in and organization of advertising and audience measurement standards, research, education and advocacy to all those involved in portable media …
InsectaPod Cast and Blog
If bugs are driving you crazy then it may just be that you don’t understand them. Subscribe to the InsectaPod Cast and learn more about them and then maybe you can cope better. Not only is there an Insectapod Cast but they’ve also started an InsectaPod Blog. They are Anna Fiedler and Jake McCarthy. Anna is a PhD. candidate in …
Environmental Defense Ruminates on Farm Policy
The Environmental Defense group now has a farm policy blog called “The Ruminant.” It’s written by Scott Faber who manages the Healthy Farms, Healthy Food Campaign for Environmental Defense. The slogan for the site is “A daily update on the debates shaping the 2007 Farm Bill.” Thanks to Meg Little for bringing it to my attention. They also have a …
Listen To Food Podcast Slowly
Here’s a podcast you might want to add to your iTunes/iPod about food. It’s the Whole Foods Market Podcast. They’re “Exploring the world of natural and organic foods…one podcast at a time.” I haven’t listened to this episode yet but it sounds worthwhile. I like the idea of slowing down, especially when it comes to food. In any event, here’s …
Podcasts From Alltech
I picked up a card while at the Alltech International Feed Industry Symposium this week and didn’t really even look at it until this morning while I was playing a little catch up here in my hotel room. It’s a direct mail piece for Alltech’s Bioplex and their podcasts! They’re producing them to target specific animal species producers and they’re …
World Trade Organization Podcasting
It looks like the World Trade Organization is podcasting. Here’s a notice I received that pointed to it with this episode being a 17 minute press conference on the following. FARM TALKS CHAIR SEES REAL NEGOTIATION IN COMMENTS ON TEXT – Members’ comments on his “challenges paper” showed they were starting to negotiate the content rather than rejecting it, Ambassador …
Monty’s Plant Food Podcast
Another former farm broadcaster is doing the farm podcasting thing. This time it’s Price Allen, Monty’s Plant Food. I stopped in and spoke with Price after the National Farm Machinery Show and it looked to me like he was equipped and ready to go. Now he’s got Monty’s Plant Food Podcast. Here’s a link to the post with his first …